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TABLE II, Figures 12-51.
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imaginable. Figure 20 represents the outpouring of the upper and spiritual life into
manifestation. Figure 21 represents darkness, for it is the loosening of the subterrene
destructive principle. Figure 20 is also the symbol of day, and Figure 21 of night.
Figure 22 is a symbol of water; Figure 23 is the complete universal character of light and
darkness. The upright triangle represents Schamayim; the inverted triangle the dark earth
which imprisons the infernal subterranean fire. It is "The First Day of Creation," or the
time of the separation of Schamayim and Ares. Figure 24 represents the six days of
creation and proves that the elements are an outflow of the Divine Fire which, breaking
up, becomes the substances of the tangible universe, as signified in Figure 25.
Figure 26 is the character of the air, showing that air is born out of the Eternal Light and
the ethereal water. Figure 27 is the character of water. It is the inversion of Figure 26,
indicating that its origin is from the lower fire and not the higher. Its upper part signifies
that water does not lack the Divine element, but as a universal mirror reflects the
heavenly influences. Figures 28 and 29 are symbols of salt, showing that it is both fire
and water in one. Figure 30 is the character of fire in all its attributes, and Figure M (the
same inverted), water in all its powers. Figure 32 is the character of salt in all its
attributes. Figure 33 represents both gold and the sun. Their essential natures are
identical, being formed from the first fire out of Schamayim. They are perfect, as can be
seen from their symbol, for no more perfect form can be produced out of the dot than the
circle.
Figure 34 is the character of the greater and lesser worlds; as the dot is surrounded by its
circumference, this world is surrounded by Schamayim. Man (the Little World) is
included in this symbol because his inner nature is potential gold (Aphar Min
Haadamah), which gold is his eternal indestructible spiritual body. Gold is the masculine
principle of the universe.
Figure 35 is the character of silver and the moon. It signifies that silver (like gold) is a
perfect metal, except that the red part of its nature is turned inward. Silver is the feminine
principle of the universe.
